# 18 - Shots Fired

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Podcast: [The Sickle and the Hammer: A Socialist History of the Soviet Union](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sickle-and-the-hammer-a-socialist-history-of-the-soviet-union-7173656)
Published: 2025-11-02T11:00:32+00:00
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## Resource

We’re back! But so is the bourgeoisie. Please consider supporting me on Patreon at patreon.com/sovietpod or buymeacoffee.com/sovietpod. Sources: Cliff, Tony. Revolution Besieged : Lenin 1917-1923. Haymarket Books 2012. Rabinowitch, Alexander. The Bolsheviks in Power: The First Year of Soviet Rule in Petrograd. Indiana University Press, 2007. Reed, John. 10 Days That Shook The World. Public domain, available on marxists.org . Originally published 1919. Russian Wikipedia article, Oktyabrskoe vooruzhenoe Vosstanie v Moskve (1917). Last accessed 20 Oct 2025.

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